“…Finally, I have to mention that in recent years a number of colleagues contributed to the renaissance of aluminum chemistry: to name a few, A. R. Barron, W. Kaminsky, S. Pasynkiewicz, W. Uhl, H. Schnöckel, D. A. Atwood, J. L. Atwood, P. P. Power, R. F. Jordan, N. Kuhn, H. Nöth, S. Schulz, M. Veith, N. Wiberg, A. H. Cowley, and C. L. Raston …”